UK🇬🇧MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas 👏 The Environment committee also wants to outlaw dredging and mining due to the destructive effects on the seabed and marine life 🌊✊ theguardian.com/environment/20…

We will have Scottish author Sue Lawrence with us on Saturday 21st June for the launch of her new novel ‘Whispers in the Glen’, a story inspired by real events in wartime Glen Clova. Everyone is welcome to this free event, so we hope you can join us.

Let’s hear it for Network Rail. Ripping out 25x mature trees on Ryton Willows LNR in Gateshead in the middle of the nesting season We have Tawnies & Buzzards & more raising young in there. They don’t give a *>?k about wildlife do they? Gateshead Council RSPB BBC North East

Another Raven found shot dead next to a grouse moor in notorious persecution hotspot in Peak District National Park. Just up the road from the #springwatch site. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/06/09/ano…

A quick look before scampering further up the tree.

It’s our final round of Nature or No Nature! Keir Starmer, you’re up again. Nature in the UK will thrive or fail based on your government's decisions. This huge responsibility lays with you and it cannot be ignored. So, our final question to you:

Still time to book a place on our Rottal Burn nature walk this Friday 13th as part of the Angus Tourism Cooperative #AngusOutdoorAdventure summer festival. More info at facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… #Angus #tourism

If you’d like to come and see what we have been up to, do come along. To book a place see below

Labour’s Planning Bill lets developers destroy vital habitats—then “offset” the damage by paying into a fund. No local restoration, no real accountability. Experts call it a “licence to kill nature.” Even Natural England’s head says claims behind it lack evidence.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Monkey torture - Police Scotland said it was one of the most horrific cases they'd dealt with

Where's my dad wi' the breakfast? Ah, here he is. Busy great-spotted woodpecker feeding session in the garden this morning.

On my walk a pair of little ringed plovers (at distance), fairly uncommon birds in Scotland. Of course it wouldn't be a proper walk without brown hares. These two must have been thinking they were rabbits as they basked at the entrance to rabbit burrows.

Disturbing or harming whales and dolphins is a wildlife crime, which can result in an unlimited fine or up to five years imprisonment. Whether you're wild swimming, kayaking, jet-skiing or sailing, be respectful to marine animal's space 🐬

The ducks rescued at day-old didn't mind the rain yesterday. They're happy to have a preen and a snooze on the grass. They now fly off at dusk to places unknown and return just after first light for breakfast

Garden birds two by two - great-spotted woodpeckers and bullfinches.

Not had red squirrels in the garden for a few months but here are some young squirrels from earlier. The netting, with a few larger holes in it, are to allow wee birds in but exclude jackdaws. The bottom is open to let the birds out quickly and to allow red squirrels to get in.

One week ago, 246 pilot whales were brutally killed in the Faroe Islands, including pregnant mothers and calves. Chased for over an hour, many suffered for up to 30 minutes before dying. This is cruelty. It must end. We are calling on the Faroese Government to ban this hunt.

My walk today was a bit different, taking me among farm buildings where there were nesting swallows. It was a nice warm morning for insects so the chicks were being well fed.

Man fined and dog rehomed in relation to PSNI investigation into badger baiting. psni.police.uk/latest-news/ma…

Sparrowhawk caught a young blackbird this morning. Held it a couple of minutes till it was dead then flew off with it to pluck and eat it elsewhere.